that occurred at mar-a-lago between attorneys representing former president donald trump and agents there, looking to see if there was classified information being stored on the property. and it s this meeting that sort of precipitated the search that was executed at donald trump s residence in palm beach yesterday. we re told from sources who were present at the meeting that at the time that attorneys for donald trump shared documents, turned them over and showed them that there were in fact documents being held at mar-a-lago that had classified markings on them. the agents who were present then asked to see where these documents were being stored. they were taken to a basement room on the property, we re told. and just days after that meeting occurred, they were given they were sent a letter, asking them to create a more secure location for these documents to be held. at trump s property. and we re told that aides to the former president actually then put a padlock on the
has to be more. if not, this doesn t make any sense. the biden administration is also under pressure amid calls to address why the federal raid was necessary. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy with what biden officials knew about the events. jonathan serrie is at the scene of the raid outside of mar-a-lago. we begin with correspondent david spunt at the justice department with what top law enforcement officials are saying or not saying and some new breakdown of the news. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. i m at the epicenter at the of the investigation into the former president and as you pointed out not saying things are quiet from attorney general merrick garland and fbi director christopher wray across the street at the j. edgar hoover fbi building. both were briefed on this before it happened. they knew well in advance this was going to happen. let s give you a little bit of a timeline how things have played out. had here is what we know. the
one of the few remaining swing congressional districts new york s 19th went democratic. at least far moment in time, he was a snapshot of america s political mood. a swing district won by obama and then trump and then biden voted to send democrat pat ryan to washington. ryan ran on abortion right. his republican opponent focussed on the economy and crime. and now a midterm election that is just 73 days away and once seemed a fore gone conclusion, a republican takeover of the house and the senate, is much more uncertain. as jonathan weissman pointed out the new york times this week, republicans need just five seats to win the house. and their candidates are in strong positions to win the bulk of nine districts that mr. trump would have won easily two years ago if the new maps had been in place. seven of those nine seats do not have a democratic incumbent to defend them. here is another way to look at it. the nonpartisan cook political report rates 10 democratic seats as lean
attorney to oversee the review of the evidence confisicated from his home. so walk us through this heavily redacted affidavit. ned reeka, good afternoon to you. it was heavily redacted, but you know what? there was a lot of stuff we got to see, which is great because this is such an important investigation. transparency is critical. so this was what the fbi was telling the judge why they needed to do a historic search of the former president s home down in florida. they were making the case that basically classified documents had been found before and there might be more to come. take a look at these numbers. this is what they said were recovered from mar-a-lago earlier this year. 67 confidential documents, 92 secret. and going in order from the least classified to most, 25 top secret. and all the experts have said that it s those 25 top secret documents that really made their skin crawl because of what else was in that affidavit. that affidavit explained specifically some
so, it s going to take some time for some of these providings to kick in, obviously. these are big provisions. specifically on prescription drugs. the $2,000 out-of-pocket cap doesn t start until 2025, we understand. medicare negotiation phasing in between 2026 to 29. how does this help americans in the immediate future? that s a great question and one of the important things about the way this bill was designed was to provide both immediate relief and also address long-standing challenges. for example, on immediate relief, this fall, 13 million americans will see lower health care premiums as a result of this bill. about $800 in savings. those benefits will go beyond those 13 million americans because it will mean more affordable health care coverage. people going into fall and winter can rest easier knowing they have access to health care. it takes on long-standing challenges of allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drug prices, which will take some time. we